Door hanger



May 22, 1934. F. DETTENBORN DooR HANGER' 2 Sheets-Sheet l` Filed Oct.25, 1932 Louis Bei enborn May 22, 1934. L. F. DETTl-:NBORN 1,959,818

DOOR HANGER Filed Oct. 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 wu www@ LouisE'eiienbom Patented May 22, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ApplicationOctober 25,

Claims'.

'l0' for swinging movement about an axis passing vertically through thedoor and also about a parallel axis located adjacent one side edge ofthe door and at the side of the door opening, said means being soarranged that the door will have I5 a predetermined movement without theuse of tracks or the like.

Another a-imI of the present invention is to provide an improved doormounting which' admits of easy operation by the application oi arelatively '2(1 small force thereto.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved hanger fora door of this character which eiects the complete closing and opening.of the door when the door has been moved a predetermined extent towardseither of: these positions. With this object in mind, my improvedhangerincludes means forl automatically andy effectively moving the door toits fully open or fully closed position after the door has beenpartially manually moved to either ofthese-positions'.

Another object of the presentl invention is to' provide: an improveddeviceofV this kind in which the door is free of a-ny obstructions .atthe lower end of the opening in the wardrobe, either when the door isopenor closed. Thus, Lthere are no parts over which children or otherusers of the device are apt toY stumble or trip. Such a structurealsosimplies the sweeping out ofthe wardrobe.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a device of thiskind which is simple in construction, comprises few parts, and may becheaply manufactured, admits of easy installation, and is not apt to getout of order.

Other objectswillbe in part obvious, and in part pointed out more indetail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exempli-150 ed; in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of theapplication of whichv will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is4 shown, for illustrativepurposes, one embodiment 1 55 which the present invention may take,

1932',A Serial No. 639,465'

Fig.v 1 is a rear elevation,` with parts broken away, of a door andaframe therefor with my improved door hanger applied thereto;

Fig..2 is a top plan viewof the same with parts broken away and partsinv section.;` and Fig; S'isan end" view ofv they same with parts brokenaway and parts in section.

ReferringM more particularly to the drawings, A generally designatesawardrobe or the like having an openingbounded by a frame upon which ishung:A a door C by means of my improved door hanger or carrier,generally designated D.

Whil'e'the Wardrobe is here shown as having. one opening and one door,it is to be understood that the wardrobe may be of any desired size andmay be provided with as many openings and doors as desired..

The door frame, which may be of any suitable construction,. has a lntel5 extending across the top of the opening ofthe wardrobe A, and sideuprights 6 and 7. The doorway may have the usual casing comprisingY theoverhead' member 8f and upright side members 91 and 10`, the latter ofwhich constitutes a j'amb for one edge of the door. Secured to the rearedge of the upright 6 is a jvamb stripv ll.

Secured at spaced apart points. to the inner face of' thev side member10 are.y a plurality of bracketsr 16, These brackets 16 are providedwith a. suitable. number of openings adapted to receive screws 17 or thelike by means of which the brackets are attached to the member 1.0. Thelowermost bracket is provided with two spaced apart shelves or ledges 18and. 19 each of which is.. disposedfat substantially right angles to themain` body portion. of. the bracket, while each of the center and upperbrackets has only one such shelf 181. All Aof thesel shelves. 18 and 19`are provided with. aligned openings through which passes a shaft. 20.Intermediate the shelves 18 and 19. of thelowerbracket 16, the shaft 20yhas an arm 2l 'xed; thereto by means of set screws 22 orsfthe like.

The free. endof. the arm 21 is provided` with an opening. whichreceives. a pivot pin 23 carriedby a. pivot plate 24, mounted upon thelower portion ot the door closer to. the side edge thereof. which isadjacent. tof the shaft 20` when the door is in closed position, thanthe outer edge. The plate24 may be securedto the doorv by means ofscrews 25 or other suitable iastening'means. Disposed be'- tween the;bottom. of, the arm 2l andv the upper face. of. the shelf' 1.9i of thelowermost bracket 16 and surroundingtheshaft 20-is a' ball race26containing ball bearings Sli fili;

'i otal connection 33 past'dead center.

The upper end of the shaft 2O extends upwardly beyond the shelf 18 ofthe upper bracket 16, and xed to this upper extended end portion of theshaft 20 is an arm 28. The free end of the arm 28 is provided with anopening which receives a pivot pin 29 carried by a pivot plate 30mounted upon the top portion of the door C, the pivot plate 30 and itspivot pin 29 being in vertical alignment with the pivotA plate 24 andits pivot pin 23 respectively. The pivot plate 30 is fixed to the door Cby means of screws 31 or the like.

The plate 30 carries an arm 32 which may be formed integral therewith,and extends therefrom inwardly of the door. The free end of this arm 32has pivoted thereto, as at 33, a link 34. The pivot 33 may be in theform of a rivet so as to prevent the separation of the arm 32 and thelink 34. The other end of the link 34 is pivotally received by thereduced end of a stud 35, and is held thereon by means of a cotter pin36 which passes through an opening in the free end of the stud. The studis xed to an attaching member 37 which is mounted upon the under surfaceof the lintel 5 to which it may be secured by means of screws 38 or thelike. A coil spring 39 surrounds the stud 35 and has one end thereofsecured to the member 37, as by a rivet 40, and the other end secured tothe link 34, as by a rivet 41. The spring 39 is so formed and arrangedthat when the pivotal connection between the arm 32 and link 34 is pastdead center, when the parts are moving to either an open or a closedposition, it will tend to move the link 34 toward the inner side of thedoor C and thereby complete the opening or closing operation, as thecase may be.

' It is thus apparent that the door C will be automatically opened orclosed without the necessity of applying enough force to completely openor close the same provided enough initial manual force is applied tocarry the parts past dead center.

It is'also noted that the shaft 20 and the lower arm 21 are carried bythe frame above the lower end thereof and, therefore, the arm 21 andshaft 20 will be spaced from the iiloor upon which the wardrobe standsand that no threshold is employed s0 that there will not be any partsover which the users of the wardrobe may stumble and so that any dirt orwaste material which may accumulate on the floor will not interfere withthe proper operation of the door and may be readily swept out of thewardrobe.

` `In the operation of the device, assuming that the door C is in theclosed position, as indicated inr full lines in Fig. 2, and it isdesired to open the door, force may be applied to the door at any pointalong the edge thereof adjacent the shaft 20. This will impart to thedoor swinging movement so that the various parts will be moved to theposition indicated in dotted lines at the extreme right-hand end of Fig.2. During the initial movement of the parts toward open position, thearm 32 forces the link 34 inwardly ofthe wardrobe against the tension ofthe spring 39 until the parts have moved suiciently far to carry thepiv- The line a-a of Fig. 2 indicates the dead center line. The spring39 will then become effective to move the link 34 to the dotted lineposition of Fig. 2 referred to above, thereby moving the door C andother parts to full open position. To close the door, force is appliedto the outer edge of the door and, as the parts move toward the fullline position of Fig. 2, the arm 32 moves the link'34 inwardly of thewardrobe against the tension of the spring 39 until the connection 33 ismoved past dead center in the opposite direction. The spring 39 willthen take effect to move the parts into complete closed position shownin full lines in Fig. 2.

It will be noted that the door C, during its opening and closingmovements, pivots about the pivot pin 29, as an axis, which is parallelto the pivotal axis of the arms 2l and 28 and that the arm 32 and link34 guide the door in its pivotal movement about its axis 29 until theparts have passed dead center. The spring 39 then becomes effective tocomplete the opening or closing movement of the door, as the case maybe, in the manner described above.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all o-f the generic and specic features ofthe invention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

I claim as my invention:

l. In combination, a wardrobe or the like having a door opening, a shaftjournalled in the wardrobe adjacent one side edge of the door opening,an upper arm and an aligned lower arm xed to said shaft, a door located,when in closed position, between said arms, means for pivotallyconnecting said door between its side edges to the free ends of saidarms about an axis parallel to the axis of said shaft, an arm fixed toand extending rearwardly from said door adjacent the axis about whichthe door is swung, and a link pivotally connected at one end to the freeend of the last mentioned arm, said link being pivotally connected atits other end to said wardrobe adjacent the plane of the door opening.

2. In combination, a wardrobe or the like having a door opening, acarrier pivoted about a vertical axis adjacent one side of thedooropening, a door pivotally carried by said carrier for turningmovement about an axis parallel to the axis of said carrier, said doorbeing adapted to be moved from the door opening to a position along oneside ofthe wardrobe, and means for completing the opening and closingmovements of the doorA after the door has been moved a predeterminedextent towards either of its extreme positions.

3. In combination, a wardrobe or the like having a door opening, acarrier pivoted about a vertical axis adjacent one side of the dooropening, a door pivotally carried by said carrier for turning movementabout anraxis parallel to the axis of said carrier, said door beingadapted to be moved from the door opening to a position along one sideof the wardrobe, and means for automatically completing the opening andclosing movements of the door after the door has been manually moved apredetermined extent towards either of its extreme positions.

4. In combination, a wardrobe or the like having a door opening, acarrier pivoted about a vertical axis adjacent one side of the dooropening, a door pivoted between its side edges on the carrier and on anaxis parallel to the axis of swinging movement of the carrier, an armextending from the door between the side edges of the latter, a linkpivoted between its side edges on the carrier and on an axis parallel tothe axis of swinging movement of the carrier, an arm extending from thedoor between the side edges of the latter, a link pivotally connected atone end to said arm at a point spaced from the plane of said door, and afixed pivot for pivotally connecting the other end of said link to thewardrobe.

LOUIS F. DETTENBORN.

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